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Rotork’s CVA control valve actuator has provided a successful all-electric solution for the automation of the biological treatment process at a municipal sewage works in Sweden. The CVA was selected by Mälarenergi, the city-owned electric ...
Spirax Sarco’s £25 million investment in manufacturing operations in Cheltenham is a real success story for British engineering. The company’s “Unity Project” is bringing together operations from three existing sites into an expanded ...
EuroLoop Situated by the New Meuse River in Rotterdam, EuroLoop will be the world’s largest research and test site for the calibration, verification and type testing of industrial flow meters in the oil and gas industries and for the ...
Designed for calm buoy or similar systems, the ASV automatically isolates pipeline risers on termination of pumping operations, or in the event of a linebreak condition. Historically, Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM) valves have been ...
The Business Marketing Association has awarded MetalTek and Top Floor Technologies, their website development partner, a prestigious Bell 2010 Excellence Award for the web design of their recently developed website, launched last ...
Peter Everett, Chief Executive of H.S. Pipequipment, discusses the results of a new industry survey which highlights the procurement challenges associated with valves as well as the economic pressures faced by oil and gas assets and ...
High performance valve prevents filter media losses and reduces maintenance Emerson Process Management’s high performance Fisher® Control-Disk™ valve has improved backwash flow control within the water-treatment system at E.ON’s ...
Rotork Fluid Systems has successfully completed the delivery of forty-four specially customised hydraulic valve actuators for sub-sea installations in only ten weeks from receipt of order. Ordered for the Turkmenistan Block 1 Gas ...
Fieldvue™ DVC6200 digital valve controller with linkage-less, non-contact feedback technology. New Fisher® instrument is available in an explosion-proof package and with HART® or FOUNDATION™ fieldbus protocols. Emerson Process ...
Econosto UK has recently undergone some radical changes resulting in the opportunity to create a new, dynamic team working out of our Aberdeen branch. Following the departure of the previous General Manager and two sales staff who ...
Adanac Valve Specialities Ltd are celebrating entering the 10th year of cryogenic testing at their Woolpit facility. Initially carrying out a basic pre-test on their products before sending them for witness test at an independent ...
Control Valve Solutions Limited appointed to represent ValvTechnologies for their range of ZERO LEAKAGE metal-seated isolation valves. “We are very pleased to report that ValvTechnologies has appointed CVS as their sole agent and ...
The Indian arm of the AUMA actuator group reports growth of the company’s modular actuation solutions in the oil sector. The latest contract for AUMA’s valve control technology has been placed by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited for a ...
INDUCHEM UK Ltd, the exclusive distributor in the UK of XOMOX® plug valves, ball valves, high performance butterfly valves, has appointed Scott Kennedy as their Area Sales Manager for Scotland as the company continues to reinforce its ...
An expanding international application base for ITT’s Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBRs) incorporating AUMA actuator technology is reported. Latest installations include wastewater treatment works in Oman, Qatar and Ireland. The ...
Based in Sheffield’s Children’s hospital, the Children’s Hospital Charity enhances the work of the hospital through contributing to medical research, specialist medical equipment and improving the environment for the patients and their ...
Extending life, reducing downtime and saving costs for IncoTest. Total Carbide, the leading European manufacturer of tungsten carbide wear parts, has proven that tungsten carbide crusher rolls last six times longer than D2 steel ...
Founded in 1932, Maher Limited is a steel stockholder and processor specialising in high-strength, high-performance alloys. After almost 80 years of trading, Maher remains family-owned and independent, allowing it to forge close ...
Heavy duty, intrinsically safe, low power pilot with metal enclosure rated to IP 67, is ideally suited to severe environments. ASCO Numatics announces the new low power LI and WSLI pilot with Ex ia certification for the compact 551, 552 ...
Pan Gulf Valve Services (Valvserve) cross yet another mile stone in their quest to become one of Saudi Arabia’s top Valve Service and Repair Companies. Formed in 2006 as a JV operation between Comid Engineering Ltd and Saudi Pan Gulf, ...
To support our growing business and increasing demand for the Shipham Valve high performance butterfly and dual plate check valve products, Flow Group have made a further investment of around £500k with the addition of a new heavy duty CNC ...
CTL Engineering Co. Ltd - one of BVAA’s newest members - has a world class reputation for valve engineering. Originally founded in 1955, Manchester-based CTL Engineering has been owned by the Booth family since 1972. At that time ...
In a recent survey produced on behalf of TWM, the response to how customers described the company was pretty much unanimous. ‘Reliable’ was the word used in almost all cases. TWM clients require the highest of standards in terms of ...
Shipham Valves, a member Flow Group Limited, are proud to announce the opening of their sales office in mainland China to bring real time focus to the growing opportunities that exist in this rapidly developing market. The sales office, ...
MetalTek International, one of the world’s leading metals experts, is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter O’Reilly as European Sales Director and Angela Taylor as Sales Manager for Meighs Castings Ltd. Mr O’Reilly joins ...
New G3 platform with increased intelligence and LCD for visual status and diagnostics, features a unique graphic display that supports plain-language messaging for diagnostics, shows set-up information and also allows self test ...
Fisher Vee-Ball valve features expanded outlet for control of medium consistency fibre slurries Emerson Process Management has extended its Fisher® Vee-Ball® family to include the V150E expanded outlet version. The valve features a ...
Elefsis Shipbuilding and Industrial Enterprises SA based in Elefsis Greece have confirmed that Truflo Marine Limited is to supply the valves for ships 6 & 7 of the Roussen (Super Vita) Class Fast Attack Missile Craft. Truflo Marine ...
Shipham Valves are pleased to announce that RP Valves, based in Mildenhall, now hold comprehensive stocks of the Shipham range of high performance, double offset butterfly valves in nickel aluminium bronze material. Available in sizes ...
Flowserve Corporation a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, recently announced the release of the Flowserve Logix 3400MD, the newest member of the Logix series digital positioner ...
Founded in 1989, UK-based Gee Graphite Ltd specializes in the manufacture and supply of sealing and gasket products based on expanded graphite. Located in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and approved to ISO 9001: 2008, the company is very ...
Flowserve Corporation recently announced the availability of 24 - to 48 -volt DC-input power for all sizes of Flowserve Limitorque QX electronic valve actuators. While primarily designed to meet the needs of remote, low-voltage DC ...
Emerson explains expanded line-up of dirty service control valve solutions for severe service applications in new brochure. Emerson Process Management has published a new brochure that describes Fisher® cavitation control for dirty ...
CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions™, designer and manufacturer of high performance fluid handling products, recently announced the launch of its new website module (www.cranechempharma.com
Flexible kit now features the Smart Wireless THUM™ Adapter and Wireless position monitors to deliver once-stranded process and diagnostics data from instruments and valves. Emerson Process Management has expanded its configurable ...
Truflo Marine Limited have invested in an ‘Optical Emissions’ material recognition device, acknowledging the importance of Positive Material Identification (PMI). This provides the Truflo Marine Quality Assurance team with the ability to ...
The team from Truflo Marine Limited supporting Acorns Children's Hospice as its charity of the year has raised £4,400 last year, more than doubling their previous total for Acorns. Staff were very keen to continue supporting Acorns work ...
AUMA, manufacturer of modular electric actuators, has introduced an explosion proof variant for its limit switching device for manual valves. The Ex rated version has been introduced to support installations in hazardous applications, ...
Rotork fluid power valve actuators have been installed throughout a major new LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) importing and distribution project that is expected to meet 40% of the demand for gas in Chile and secure energy independence for the ...
Saffron Walden based Dairy Pipe Lines (DPL) has marked the beginning of the New Decade by planting a tree in nearby Cambridge woodland, symbolising the continued success of the company and to demonstrate appreciation of the people within ...
The main drivers for control valve modernization projects have been: • To improve process stability and increase production efficiency • Increase process uptime by reducing field device related process disturbances • Replace old ...
Underground gas storage has provided one of the latest success stories for Rotork valve actuators in the Baltic country of Latvia. The unique geological conditions in the country are ideal for the underground storage of natural gas, for ...
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, recently introduced the redesigned Flowserve Noble Alloy swing check valve, which offers corrosion resistance and high ...
The Flowserve NAF-ProCap capping valve offers tight shutoff and long cycle life for batch digester applications in the pulp industry. Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global ...
Construction of AUMA Actuators Ltd’s new 12,000 square metre premises is on schedule for completion in quarter two, 2010. The facility will showcase some of the most advanced environmental building technology. As part of the green ...
Bestobell LNG, manufacturer of cryogenic valves for the marine LNG industry has supplied a range of globe valves for the ‘Norgas Innovation’, the first ship in a new series of Multigas carriers from I.M Skaugen. The Skaugen Multigas ...
Ideally suited to wine processing plants and similar temperature critical processes, the new pneumatic valves are compact and quick and easy to install in both new and existing installations. ASCO Numatics introduces the 290 Series of ...
The BVAA Repair WG has continued with its regular meetings, this time at Dressers in February, and in June at Weir’s Engineering Services repair facility at Northwich. Steady progress continues being made with the new BVAA Code of ...
BVAA’s Valve working group met in April at the Seetru facility in Bristol. This was the first meeting since the re-organisation of valve standardisation committees at BSI, in which BVAA actively ...
BVAA attended two exhibitions in London in early March – at the same time! Rob Bartlett and Peter Churm attended the Nuclear 2010 exhibition and conference at the QEII centre, while across town at the Emirates stadium, Sam Ingarfield and ...
The Association has continued with its round of Regional Meetings, which present terrific opportunities for BVAA to meet with the wider membership and for members to network with one another. The Southern meeting took place at Woodlands ...
The BVAA’s valve and actuator Training Courses continue to go from strength to strength. Having already added extra training days in recent times, this spring the Introduction to Valves course was so oversubscribed we had to de-camp to ...
It’s certainly been a busy spring at BVAA! Our Marketing Committee met once again at Koso Kent Introl in Brighouse on 24th February 2010. On the agenda were the many marketing initiatives that are keeping the BVAA and its members at the ...
How far can you go wearing a BVAA ...
The BVAA membership continues to grow at a very impressive rate. This month's new recruits ...
We are delighted to announce that the BVAA will be expanding its portfolio of courses this autumn, with two brand new courses on seals and sealing, covering packings, gaskets, elastomers and o-rings, at both basic and intermediate level. ...
Welcome to Valve User magazine, which you may notice has had a slight re-design. We hope you like the improvements! There is a particularly interesting article in this issue (see page xx) concerning a survey carried out on users of ...
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